Chapter 82: In the Closet

The moment he heard the lock click, he immediately realized—his sister was about to break in!

Forget about lying to her earlier; just the situation itself sent alarm bells blaring in his mind, making his scalp tingle.

He absolutely could not let her find him in the room!

Let me reiterate, this is the eighth floor. The only outcome of jumping out the window would be using his body to elbow-drop the concrete, turning into “Lin Yu Jam.”

What to do? What to do?

The room was practically empty at a glance the moment you entered. There was nowhere to hide. No, wait… there was.

In a moment of desperation, his eyes landed on the wardrobe.

It usually held a few bathrobes and some disposable items.

The space looked decent enough to hide in.

Whether it would work or not, and whether his sister might impulsively open the wardrobe, it was currently the only possible hiding spot.

Moving swiftly and silently to the wardrobe, he reached for the handle and suddenly remembered—his shoes were still by the door. But there was no time to worry about that now.

He opened the door, ready to slip inside, but never expected… someone was already hiding in there.

What are you doing here?!

Lin Yu’s eyes widened in utter disbelief. His heart hammered against his ribs, and he had to grit his teeth to swallow the words at the tip of his tongue.

The person inside was none other than Xin Yao, who hadn’t appeared in the dining hall earlier.

Her current attire could only be described as sneaky. A pure black bodysuit clung tightly to her curled-up form. The fabric seemed to be a special material that reflected almost no light, allowing her to blend perfectly into the shadows.

The person in the closet also seemed completely unprepared to be discovered at this moment.

Her head jerked up. After a momentary blank stare, her expression was quickly replaced by immense shock and panic.

Almost instinctively, she raised one hand to tightly cover her mouth. Her other hand fluttered nervously in front of her chest. Her eyes were screaming, ‘It’s not me! You saw wrong! There’s nothing here!’

Normally, this exquisitely tailored black bodysuit might, in another setting, accentuate her athletic, powerful feminine curves, even carrying a hint of冷酷的性感.

But right now, Lin Yu had zero mental bandwidth to appreciate any of that.

He glanced frantically toward the bedroom door, then turned back to meet Xin Yao’s equally panicked eyes.

Fine, fine. So it’ll be a tight squeeze…

The thought flashed through his mind with resignation, and he made a decision.

He roughly reached out, grabbed one of Xin Yao’s ankles where her legs were pressed together, and tried to push her deeper into the closet to make room.

“!”

The warm touch of a man’s hand on her ankle, coupled with the undeniable force, made Xin Yao’s entire body stiffen. Her cheeks began to burn uncontrollably.

Since her husband passed away, no other man had touched her like this.

A strange sensation—a mix of embarrassment, awkwardness, and an inexplicable shiver—shot through her entire body.

Before she could react or protest, she saw Lin Yu had already moved her leg aside somewhat.

Then, in a rather狼狈的姿势, he squeezed himself in, using both hands and feet.

The cramped space was instantly packed to the brim. Their bodies inevitably pressed against and made contact in multiple places.

Lin Yu reached back and pulled the closet door shut tightly. The inside was plunged into complete darkness.

“Don’t make a sound.”

A low, warning voice sounded in the dark.

Then, the light from a phone screen illuminated the space. Lin Yu held his phone up, showing Xin Yao his chat history with his sister.

Across from him, Lin Yu watched her expression shift from shock to confusion.

She clearly couldn’t understand at all why her junior would hide from his own sister like a thief.

And hide so… professionally…

Well, of course she doesn’t understand why I’m hiding. And I can’t be bothered to explain.

However, he had a pretty good idea now who that woman in the afternoon was.

But another question popped up: Why?

He opened his phone’s memo app, about to type and ask her the reason, when Lin Mowei entered…

Hearing that sentence, the corner of his mouth twitched uncontrollably. ‘You’re quite polite, huh? Pick the lock first, then say hello?’

Neither of the two people in the closet dared to move.

Mainly because the situation had just become extremely awkward.

What Lin Yu was thinking, Xin Yao didn’t know. But her heart had been racing since a moment ago. If Lin Mowei discovered them now, they’d need a hundred mouths to explain it away.

Technically, they had a senior-junior relationship. Even though Lin Mowei had surpassed her master and was now stronger than Xin Yao, it would still be utterly humiliating.

The posture the two were in inside the closet wasn’t exactly暧昧, but it was definitely not innocent either.

Crouched face-to-face at the bottom of the wardrobe, Xin Yao had to bend her knees and press them against her chest to make room for Lin Yu, with her lower legs threaded on either side of his body.

Lin Yu’s legs also had nowhere else to go, inevitably tangling and touching hers.

Even though both tried their utmost to avoid contact, in such a confined space, the slightest shift caused fabric to rub and limbs to brush.

Every minuscule contact felt like a tiny electric current, making their nerves tense and their heartbeats erratic.

Lin Yu listened intently to the sounds outside, his hand holding the phone trembling slightly.

Lin Mowei’s murmuring was very soft. He couldn’t make out the specific words, only catching something about “liking” something.

Then came the sound of his sister throwing herself onto the bed and rustling against the sheets, which made his brow furrow slightly, wondering what she was doing.

And so, the two of them restrained their breathing, quietly waiting. After a while, the sounds outside gradually ceased.

Only then did Lin Yu start typing.

[Why are you here? Was that woman this afternoon you?]

He forcefully grabbed Xin Yao’s hand and shoved the phone into it.

Looking at the content on the screen, Xin Yao’s eyes darted away. She couldn’t see him.

But Lin Yu could see her face, illuminated by the phone screen’s glow, looking guilty.

So it was her…

Not waiting for her reply, he snatched the phone back, deleted the line, and typed again.

[What do you want?]

Xin Yao now resembled a broken doll, completely at Lin Yu’s mercy.

Seeing this question, she bit her lower lip, her gaze filled with intense resentment.

She knew he could see it.

Lin Yu was taken aback by her look, as if he remembered something.

Then he saw Xin Yao also start typing. However, during this, she glanced at Lin Yu several more times, her gaze extremely complex, as if he were the one who had done something wrong.

A moment later, the phone was shoved back into his hand.

This time, it was Lin Yu who couldn’t see the other person. He looked down at the phone, and the content on it made his eyes widen involuntarily.

[It’s all your fault! I originally came to get the photos. After I saw you were asleep, I wanted to get back at you by taking some compromising photos of you too. But your body is so strange, I couldn’t hold back.]

Couldn’t hold back…

Though these words didn’t enter through his ears, another woman had once said the same thing to him.

Under dim, hazy lights, an intoxicated and失控的神情, scorching breath against his neck, a pleading, whimpering tone panting and murmuring in his ear:

“Lin Yu, the feeling you give me is really strange. I truly couldn’t hold back. Give me a little more, okay? Just a little, I want it~”

T/N: Ch 83 not available in original text.